BlockNew Kamilche, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Kamilche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98584. It stands on Kennedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Summit Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1939 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Summit Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of New Kamilche between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 41ST AVE |
| 21 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OLD OLYMPIC |
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WHITE ROAD |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HWY 8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of New Kamilche: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kramer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Isabella Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lost Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563645 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1531484. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.